The Byrds, Rita Coolidge: Fairfield Halls, Croydon
Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 15 May 1971
THE BYRDS are like an institution. They seem to have been around as long as the Houses of Parliament with their own particular style of rock. The faces may have changed but the institution carries on.
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